Topic of the Month January 2019

Blood glucose monitoring of tomorrow - modern diabetes therapies

There are 425 million people with diabetes in the world. Heart problems, kidney failure or blindness - these can all be consequences of the metabolic disease. In order to avoid damage to organs or body parts, it is important to recognize them early and treat them correctly. Medical technological progress is a top priority: Thanks to modern diagnostic and therapeutic methods, diabetes patients now have the possibility of being treated digitally. You can read in our current Topic of the Month what this can look like, where there is still room for improvement and what else could be done in the future in the field of diabetology.

Diabetes mellitus or simply diabetes has become very common and is often described as a lifestyle disease. More and more people are suffering from this chronic metabolic disorder. Next to established diagnostic procedures, digital retinal screening has shown to be successful - a promising technique that will also play an important role in the diagnosis of other diseases in the future.